Carrot is a nutritious Apiaceae vegetable with a long cultivation history. The cultivated variety of carrot has edible storage root compared to wild carrot. The carrot varieties with orange root are most popularly cultivated around the world because of their abundant carotene, and the Nante-type carrot is a classic orange-root carrot variety. Read More

Alternaria dauci is a necrotrophic fungus, the causal agent of carrot Alternaria leaf blight. This pathogen causes disease symptoms of dark-brown or black spots with irregular shapes on carrot leaves. This disease in carrot develops rapidly after infection by the pathogen and even leads to wilting of the entire plant. Read More